Independent Irish Party

The Independent Irish Party was an Irish liberal-nationalist political party which existed from 1852 to 1858. It was founded by 40 Liberal Irish MPs who supported tenant rights, fair rent, fixity of tenure, free sale, and Catholic emancipation. The party declined from 48 elected MPs in 1852 to just 13 in 1858, and it merged into the newly-founded Liberal Party in 1858.